| Interviewee | MINSHEW, Cecil T. (b. 1919) |
| Military Service | U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard |
| Notable info | member of the “Lost Battalion" |
| Interview ID # | OH 0597 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | Member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; hell ship to Japan, 1942; Fukuoka, Kyushu, 1942; shipbuilding at Nagasaki, 1943-44; Orio, Kyushu, 1944-45; liberation; Nagasaki after dropping the A-bomb. |
| Interviewer(s) | Ronald E. Marcello |
| Physical Description | 206 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
